Press Releases

WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Senator Chris Coons today issued the following statement marking the 10-year anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks:  “As communities here in Delaware and across the...

DOVER, Del. — U.S. Senator Chris Coons hosted a roundtable discussion in Dover with police officials from around Delaware to explore how policing has evolved over the ten years since...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (both D-Del.), joined eight other moderate Democratic senators on a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today saying that...

WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, and Representative John Carney (all D-Del.) today announced a total of $260,473 for the Delaware State Police from the U.S....

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) released the following statement after President Obama’s address to Congress on job creation: “With our nation mired in a jobs crisis, I was...

WASHINGTON – Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) issued the following statement today on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation of Rich Andrews to be U.S. District Judge for the State of Delaware:...

WASHINGTON – Today, Sens. Tom Carper, Chris Coons and Rep. John Carney (all D-Del.) announced more than $7 million in awards to the University of Delaware to help accelerate research...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) on Tuesday praised the Senate’s successful 93-5 cloture vote on the House version of the America Invents Act, a comprehensive bill designed to...

WILMINGTON – Today, Sens. Tom Carper and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) announced a $723,900 grant award to Sussex County to extend the main runway at the Sussex County Airport in Georgetown, Del. This...

WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) today called on Congress to focus intently on job creation when it returns to Washington next week, and released his own “Blueprint...